Talking about societal myths, Ross continues to present facts to dispell the myth that the USA and Canada are becoming a Third World country.
Yes, the USA and Canada are not becoming a Third World country based on the following reasons:
1. USA and Canada are top world economies
If we look at the G7, this is the global seven largest economies and this summary on here, which I grabbed … [Read more...]

So the societal myths in terms of the North American context. As you hear it on the internet and you hear it from politicians, from people discussing things, the US and Canada, they’re going down into the gurgler, they’re going into a plug hole.
And other people might express the opinion that it’s just a long decline from now onwards in the USA and Canada.
Or perhaps the businesses are … [Read more...]

In the previous post "Societal Myths and the Impact on Infrastructure", Ross talked about how outdated fact are amplified on news and media and how these influence public and political decision making.
In this post, Ross presents the New Zealand experience to illustrate that recession ends contrary to common perception that recession feels like never-ending.
In North America, in Europe, and … [Read more...]

Hi, it's Ross Waugh here from inframanage.com and today I’m just bringing you a video of a presentation I made back in early July 2016 at the International Deighton User Conference in Toronto, Canada.
I went up to that conference because of the relationship between Deighton and IDS here in New Zealand, which if you’d look at the IDS videos on the site, you’ll know about the depth of that … [Read more...]

Are you confident about what you believe on the status of your country's national situation, particularly on economic and infrastructure issues?
Ross Waugh produced this video "Infrastructure Asset Management - Myths, Realities, and Money" to explain the following:
Societal Myths and Impact on Infrastructure
Realities of long-term infrastructure management
Availability of Money and … [Read more...]

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Inframanage has a teaching series that we have put up, we titled “Introduction to Practical Asset … [Read more...]

In October 2014 the NAMS Forum 'Advanced Asset Management, A Journey to Excellence' was held in Auckland, New Zealand. The Forum organisers asked Ross to develop a presentation that provoked thought and discussion for the Forum attendees, and the technical streams that followed.
Ross developed a paper and presentation based on Geoff Colvin's book 'Talent is Overrated'' which he had recently … [Read more...]

I came across this article "Activists Discover Evidence of St. Petersburg's River of Poop" a couple of days ago, which relayed the recent publicity of environmental activists in St Petersburg, Russia.
In summary the activists claimed to have flushed GPS tracers down a toilet in a suburban bathroom in St Petersburg and then plotted the flow path through open drains, canals, the river and finally … [Read more...]

Please watch the short video above where I shared updates on what is happening at Inframanage.com
In the short video I discussed:
The Inframange Blog
The Inframanage News feed
The 'Ask and Expert' Webinar' held 27 August 2014 with Heather Himmelberger. There were 108 participants coming mostly from the USA.
We have published the MP3 recording, created blog posts out of the … [Read more...]